Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-03-22
EASTERN NEWS.
The Missouri River Spreading Over
Six Miles Of Country.
PEOPLE BEING RESCUED FROM The Heusf
TOPS AND TREES.
a Fire at chsutauqua Destroyed Eighty
Buildings.
GREAT EXCITEMENT AMONG
MEMBERS OF A CHURCH.
Attorney shafer Makes an Attack on
the New York City Press.
THE ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING OF BAHKEE
sElIeMAH's SON.
a Fire at chautauaua Destroyed Eighty
Buildings.
GREAT EXCITEMENT AMONG
MEMBERS OF A CHURCH.
Attorney shafer Makes an Attack on
the New York City Press.
THE ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING OF BANKER
sElIeMAH's SON.
ESPECIAL TO THE sExTIHEL.l
The Flood at Bismarck.


river has risen a foot here to-day.
The speed OF the current is terrific,
and the situation generally grows
worse. The rise is equal to twenty
feet in the upper river. The water
here is being spread over six miles OF
country. Six inches of snow fell yes
terday, and this will add to the food
as soon as the weather grows warmer
again.
The Heroes of the Day are mem
bers of the rescuing party, who went
into the lowlands yesterday and
| saved the lives of several persons, who
were perched ON the tops of houses and
| trees. Dispatches from Fort Lincoln
| say that people can be seen standing
| on the hay stacks and trees, and if not
| soon rescued will perish in the flood,
many claim that the country opposite
| the fort contained many inhabitants.
who are still in great danger, The
same reports come from Painted
| Woods.
ST. PAUL, March pa Bismarck
special Of the Pioneer Press says that
| the storm cleared away this morning,
| but the river was rising slowly all
day, and is still rising tonight an
inch an hour, having passed the high
water mark of the memorable flood OF
81. All the low lands are now inun-
dated. The only houses flooded on
the Bismarck side are a few squatters
shocks. Bismarck is forty feet above
the water. Some 200 emigrants, west
bound, are delayed here. From the
bluffs one can see huge cakes OF ice in
the streets of Mandan, and the water
extends to the 1nter-Ocean Hotel. The
only method of communication be-
tween the towns is via Cheyenne and
Ogden. The Boston Syndicate's pro-
perry, including the -four mills, and
some fifty residences, the elevator
shop, and everything south of the track
is submerged. The upper part OF the
river has not yet broken loose. The
ice began running again this morning.
The indications are that the Fort Bu'
ford rise is beginning to be felt. All
the boats are still safe, as is the North
ern Pacific warehouse, the river being
so wide that the ice no longer crowds
them. The Superintendent received
kilograms from the western division Of
the road via st. Paul, that the trains
are running through to Mandan from
Portland, no others being out. One Of
the boats here will steam up as soon
as the ice stops running, and be used
as a passenger transfer.
A Destructive Fire at Chautauqun.
ERIE, Penn, March PA tele-
phone message to the Dispatch says
At a few minutes past 10 o'clock the
residents of Chautauqua discovered a
fire in what is known as the Oldes
Curtis building, one of the Oldest
structures in the village, and which
has been ~unoccupied for some time.
The town possesses a small volunteer
fire department, which was at once
called out, arriving at the scene of the
fire at 10 80. Some trouble was had
with the apparatus, which had not
been used for a long time, and in the
meantime the fire gained a good head
way, and spread to two adjoining
buildings. taking such firm hold that
the apparatus and hand pumps were
of little avail. Everything possible
was done by the firemen, and the oc-
cupants of the neighboring houses
made all haste to remove their goods
to a place Of safety. In the meantime
the fire continued to make steady pro-
gress up Townsend Avenue, which lies
along the banks of the lake, working
| it's way towards a hotel and the out
buildings OF the Chautuaqua Assembly.
| At IL O'Clock it had reachedthe corner
OF Parish and Townsend streets, and
spread, taking in two streets. At this
time upwards of 81 buildings were on
fire, and absolutely nothing could be
done. Appeals for aid were sent to
Brockton and Dunkirk, but owing to
the defective fire apparatus of these
places none could be sent. The last
report received from the scene of the
fire was at midnight, and employees of
the telephone office were moving out
their goods, stating that the fire was
only two doors distant, and the whole
attention OF the fire department and
residents were devoted to getting at
household goods. Owing to the prox-
unity of the fire, the telephone
operator, the only source of news
in the place, was unwilling to
give the news, and would not take the
time to state who owned the burned
buildings. He stated, however, hat
they were nearly all the property of
Summer residents, and that the dam
age would figure way up in the thou
sands.
Policemen Protecting n Church.
DETROIT, March 21.-More than a
year ago the members of the St. Al
bertus Polish Catholic Church were
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